SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday called for an investigation into a deal in which the government leased out a prime 4.9-hectare lot to a private organization of exporters for only P1,000 a year starting in 1996.
At a budget hearing, Pimentel questioned the 50-year deal between the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (Citem) and the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport), saying it was 'grossly disadvantageous' to the government.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko Pimentel 3rd (Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate Social Media Unit)